Loyal dissent [[electronic resource] ] : memoir of a Catholic theologian / / Charles E. Curran

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451857203321
• Autore: Curran Charles E
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-58901-363-8; 1-4356-3193-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Collana: Moral traditions series
• Disciplina: 241/.042092
• Soggetti: Catholics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.; "Published works of Charles E. Curran": p. 277-280.
• Nota di contenuto: Beginnings -- CUA : the early years -- The uproar over Humanae vitae -- Growing tensions and maturing theology : the seventies -- Investigation and condemnation -- More trials -- Life after condemnation -- My moral theology -- The development of theology in the past fifty years -- My relationship to the Catholic Church.
• Sommario/riassunto: Loyal Dissent is the candid and inspiring story of a Catholic priest and theologian who, despite being stripped of his right to teach as a Catholic theologian by the Vatican, remains committed to the Catholic Church. Over a nearly fifty-year career, Charles E. Curran has distinguished himself as the most well-known and the most controversial Catholic moral theologian in the United States. On occasion, he has disagreed with official church teachings on subjects such as contraception, homosexuality, divorce, abortion, moral norms, and the role played by the hierarchical teaching office in moral